Loch Shiel
Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Round Ended Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Loch Shiel
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned), Round Ended Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 118000
Site Number NG91NW 6
NGR NG 9490 1816
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/118000
- Council Highland
- Parish Glenshiel
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Skye And Lochalsh
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NG91NW 6 9490 1816
A single unroofed building is depicted on the first edition of the OS 6-inch map (Ross-shire 1880, sheet cxxviii), but it is not shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1971).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK), 8 May 1996.
Field Visit (3 April 1997 - 3 April 1997)
A group of 3 round-ended drystone buildings are sited around an un-named burn just N of the river Shiel. One lies 10m to the S of the burn and is aligned almost E/W. It measures c6m by c3m with walls c0.6m thick and up to 0.7m high. The entrance is in the centre of the S wall. It is the only building shown on the 1902 OS map, though all 3 were recorded in 1874 as unroofed. Some 8m N of the burn a building aligned NE/SW stands with walls c1m high. It measures c8m by c4m across walls c0.7m wide. At the W end a structure c2m diam across walls c0.7m wide and c1.5m high has been built after the building was abandoned. The third building lies c35m to the NW and measures c6m by c3m with walls c0.7m thick and up to c0.4m high. It is also aligned NE/SW.
On a rocky terrace some 30-50m above these buildings are some small stone structures c2.5m by c1.5m over walls c0.8m wide and c0.4m high.
These are the remains of a small farm possibly abandoned when sheep farming was established in the early 19th century. However, it is also possible that these buildings were in use to a later date, as they lie in an area without extensive pre-improvement agricultural evidence. The building S of the burn was presumably the dwelling house with the two to the N used as barns or more probably byres.
Information from NTS: KIN038 (JH & JW 3 April 1997)
NTS Survey
